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california's vote for higher taxes for schools. carter evans talks to teachers and kids. >> we want to have a good life, we want to have great careers. >> jeff: and on this veteran's day lee cowan hears from parents who lost their only child to a man wearing an afghan army uniform. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor, two days after the abrupt resignation of cia director david petraeus more details are emerging about the chain of events that lead to his depar ture. we begin tonight with bob orr in washington. >> good luck, sir. >> reporter: sources say the down fall of cia director david petraeus was rooted in jealousy. the f business, uncovered evidence of an affair between petraeus and his biographer paula broadwell after she sent harassing messages to another woman who broadwell thought was too close to petraeus. source have identified the second woman as 37-year-old jill kelley of the tampa area. cbs news has been told kelley is a civilian without does work for the u
california's vote for higher taxes for schools. carter evans talks to teachers and kids. >> we want to have a good life, we want to have great careers. >> jeff: and on this veteran's day lee cowan hears from parents who lost their only child to a man wearing an afghan army uniform. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor, two days after the abrupt resignation of cia director david petraeus more details are emerging...
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will a california vote have nationwide affects >> jeff: california voters will decide tuesday if foodmakers must label all products that are made with genetically modified ingredients. it's estimated that up to 75% of all processed foods sold in your local grocery store contain gmos. but as john blackstone reports, the labeling debate has been served up with plenty of controversy. >> hmmmm. >> reporter: susan lang is very picky about what she feeds her kids even at snacktime. >> more cheese and vegetables. >> reporter: i have seen in my life how important a healthy diet is for my kids. >> reporter: lang supports california's proposition 37 which calls for labeling foods containing genetically modified ingredients. or gmos. >> the research hasn't been done about the long-term effects. these are brand-new foods. >> reporter: in the u.s. more than 93% of the soy crop and 88% of corn is genetically engineered. offered to withstand chemical weed killer and corn to repel insects, pesticide is engineered directly into the crenels. 61 countries have gmo labeling laws but the u.s. food and drug admi
will a california vote have nationwide affects >> jeff: california voters will decide tuesday if foodmakers must label all products that are made with genetically modified ingredients. it's estimated that up to 75% of all processed foods sold in your local grocery store contain gmos. but as john blackstone reports, the labeling debate has been served up with plenty of controversy. >> hmmmm. >> reporter: susan lang is very picky about what she feeds her kids even at snacktime....
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. ,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time.
. ,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time.
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. >> and now that prop 34 defeated, a new push to resume and speed up executions in california. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,, ,, woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee
. >> and now that prop 34 defeated, a new push to resume and speed up executions in california. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,, ,, woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee
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there could be as much as 14 inches of rain in california. ifd carter evans is in forest hill tonight. carter. >> reporter: scott, meteorologists call storms like this a pineapple express. you could think of it as a river of moisture in the sky. bringing waves of torrential rain from hawaii to the west coast. california's coast is already being pounded by waves as high ho 15 feet. heavy rain brought freeway traffic to a standstill. utility workers are cutting trees and clearing storm drains preparing for up to a foot of rain. some areas could see four months' worth of rain fall in four days. the biggest concerns are hillsides like this, burned bare by the summer wildfires. flash floods are likely along the west coast. the ground is already saturated from the first round of this formidable storm. and that could be a big problem when the second storm hits in force tonight, and there will be little time to recover before the third and perhaps most powerful storm hits on sunday. scott. >> pelley: carter, thank you. speaking of climate, we got sur
there could be as much as 14 inches of rain in california. ifd carter evans is in forest hill tonight. carter. >> reporter: scott, meteorologists call storms like this a pineapple express. you could think of it as a river of moisture in the sky. bringing waves of torrential rain from hawaii to the west coast. california's coast is already being pounded by waves as high ho 15 feet. heavy rain brought freeway traffic to a standstill. utility workers are cutting trees and clearing storm...
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the air force is shipping utility trucks and power generators from california aboard 17 aircraft. and the new york city subway startrunning again, but the service was very limited. that meant long lines for buses. >> watch your step. be careful with the person in front of you. >> pelley: and even longer lines of cars cross the bridges into manhattan. in new jersey and on long island, cars lined up as far as the eye could see for gasoline. many stations are closed, either out of gas or without power for the pumps. in some parts of new york city, the lines were for food and water. 52,000 homeowners in 16 states and washington, d.c. have filed insurance claims, including nearly 10,000 here in new jersey. in this part of the state, long beach island, homes were not just flooded but destroyed like the one behind me. the new jersey national guard helped rescue folks from the island. a mandatory evacuation order was in effect at the time, but many people chose to stay behind. let us show you what parts of long beach island used to look like. as a point of reference, notice the white hous
the air force is shipping utility trucks and power generators from california aboard 17 aircraft. and the new york city subway startrunning again, but the service was very limited. that meant long lines for buses. >> watch your step. be careful with the person in front of you. >> pelley: and even longer lines of cars cross the bridges into manhattan. in new jersey and on long island, cars lined up as far as the eye could see for gasoline. many stations are closed, either out of gas...
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taxpayers just handed california another $6 billion. that's a six followed by nine zeros. and when $6 billion is up for grabs, a lot of people want a slice of that pie. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez and the first signs of a prop 30 feeding frenzy. joe. >> reporter: that includes uc- berkeley students here who say they are just tired of all those tuition hikes. demonstrating in the driving rain, a couple of hundred uc- berkeley students gathered this afternoon to let their voices be heard. >> why do the 1%ers hate us so much? >> reporter: two days after passing prop 30 which infused millions know public education statewide many bemoan the fact it may have little immediate impact on how much they pay. >> the point is not that we need to re-fund education. we need to completely restructure it. and we need to put our priorities need indicating students. >> reporter: uc officials applaud the passage of prop 30 but make it clear there is no new money. >> there is no infusion of cash from proposition. we
taxpayers just handed california another $6 billion. that's a six followed by nine zeros. and when $6 billion is up for grabs, a lot of people want a slice of that pie. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez and the first signs of a prop 30 feeding frenzy. joe. >> reporter: that includes uc- berkeley students here who say they are just tired of all those tuition hikes. demonstrating in the driving rain, a couple of hundred uc- berkeley students gathered this afternoon to let their voices be heard....
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york and new jersey the scale of the recovery has brought 64,000 utility crews from as far away as california and canada. >> it's probably more damage than i've ever seen. >> reporter: joe mauer, a supervisor with southern lifofornia edison was part of a wave of utility workers flown in by the military to restore wnwer. it many areas, crews have to go r.use to house, inspecting fuse goxes and circuit breakers. specdamaged ones have to be replaced or risk an explosion. >> mother nature's a lot stronger than anything we can build. the good thing is we can put it heck up. >> reporter: what's the hardest thing to look at? >> the whole thing. the whole thing. thinof it. >> reporter: smith is one of 050,000 homeowners who have filed a sandy-related insurance dlaim. she had no flood insurance so her carrier is giving her only $5,000. >> i want my home fixed. hwant to be able to live here. i lived here all my life. i don't want to move out. ldon't want go someplace plrange and start all over. >> reporter: local leaders hope 50 licensed inspectors will go through these neighborhoods tomorrow replacing
york and new jersey the scale of the recovery has brought 64,000 utility crews from as far away as california and canada. >> it's probably more damage than i've ever seen. >> reporter: joe mauer, a supervisor with southern lifofornia edison was part of a wave of utility workers flown in by the military to restore wnwer. it many areas, crews have to go r.use to house, inspecting fuse goxes and circuit breakers. specdamaged ones have to be replaced or risk an explosion. >>...
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overnight protests in wisconsin to dawn demonstrations in maryland to those taking to the streets in the california fog. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: what was billed as a nationwide protest against the nation's biggest retail employer didn't quite live up to the hype. >> this is huge. i don't care how anybody looks at it. >> reporter: we first met wal-mart employee dan hindman earlier this week. a sales associate in electronics he was once the employee of the month. but today he walked off his job to protest what he says are wal-mart's low wages and high health insurance premiums. so what do you think you're risking by being out here today? >> i'm not worried about the risk. i'm protected. i have a right to stand up for what's right and so does everyone else. >> reporter: it's that "everyone else" that has wal-mart suspicious. the company says few of the demonstrators were actually striking employees but outside people pressuring the company to unionize. >> in many of those locations no wal-mart associates took place. we had roughly the same number of call ins than we had last year. >> rep
overnight protests in wisconsin to dawn demonstrations in maryland to those taking to the streets in the california fog. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: what was billed as a nationwide protest against the nation's biggest retail employer didn't quite live up to the hype. >> this is huge. i don't care how anybody looks at it. >> reporter: we first met wal-mart employee dan hindman earlier this week. a sales associate in electronics he was once the employee of the...